Calling him Mr. Sinatra, Jon Bon Jovi waxed nostalgic about his fellow New Jersey-born singer on the Howard Stern Show this week. Bon Jovi said it wasn’t until Sinatra had just died that he was “finally able to understand” the famous Hoboken crooner — and all he had meant and accomplished. Bon Jovi famously referenced Sinatra’s line, singing “like Frankie said, I did it my way” in his massive hit, “It’s My Life.”
Bon Jovi succinctly described Sinatra’s career saying “he went from teeny bopper [hero] to Chairman of the Board.” Bon Jovi is a film actor, too, something Sinatra also did — winning an Oscar, btw. Bon Jovi was most impressed by Sinatra’s courage and can-do attitude on social issues, saying he “walked through the front door with Sammy Davis Jr.” and commending Sinatra’s support for Israel and JFK. “Not a bad guy to look up to,” said Bon Jovi. In that vein, Bon Jovi said the title of his new album, This House Is Not For Sale, is about “integrity.”
